| DESPONDENT | Two long syllables, one short, in depression depressed (10) |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long (6) |
| SPONDEE | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables |
| SPONDEES | Poetic feet with two long syllables |
| ROPELADDER | Equipment for climbing up or down using two long pieces of thick cord (4,6) |
| DACTYL | Metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short |
| IAMB | Metrical foot of one short, one long syllables |
| TRANGLE | Figure, one short in the arms (7) |
| ALIBABA | One short in defence, a half back shows fabulous character |
| GOO | Go one short in the slimy stuff! (3) |
| RUBADUB | Nonsense syllables one might say in a tub |
| COLON | Pass one short in the abdomen (5) |
| HIPFLASK | It may mean that one's short in shorts (8) |
| IAMBUS | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable (6) |
| ARSIS | In English usage, the long syllable in a metrical foot in poetry |
| IAMBS | Metrical feet with one short and one long syllable |
| CHOLIAMB | Metrical foot consisting of two short syllables between two long ones, chiefly used in classical verse (8) |
| ANAPEST | A foot of two short syllables followed by a long syllable (US sp) (7) |
| TROCHEE | Metrical foot in prosody of a long syllable followed by a short one; the reverse of an iamb (7) |
| PAEON | A metrical foot of one long syllable and three short ones (5) |
